Tensions On The Korean Peninsula Continues

North Korea To Suspend Naval Hot Line With South -- New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Thursday that it was cutting off a naval hot line that was intended to prevent clashes near its disputed sea border with South Korea. Meanwhile, the South conducted a large naval drill in a show of force.

Cutting the link, established in 2004 after deadly skirmishes in 1999 and 2002, raises the chances of an armed clash in the tense waters off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula — something the North has said could happen any time, particularly now that the South has officially accused it of sinking one of its warships in March.

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More News On The Tensions On The Korean Peninsula

North Korea scraps South Korea military safeguard pact -- BBC
North Korea Scraps Military Safeguards with South -- Voice of America
North Korea warns it will meet war with 'all-out war' -- CNN

North Korea Disputes Role in Sinking, Warns of War -- Bloomberg Businessweek
We didn't sink South Korean warship, says North Korea -- The Hindu

Chinese PM visits Seoul as Korea crisis continues -- BBC
China PM Seeks to Cool Korean Standoff -- New York Times/Reuters
As Chinese Premier Visits Seoul, Korean Peninsula Remains Tense -- NPR
China premier treads carefully in South Korea -- L.A. Times
China to make objective, fair judgement on S. Korean warship sinking: Wen -- Xinhuanet
China seeks to defuse Korea tension -- Al Jazeera

U.S., South Korea Ready to Repel North as Raptors, Ships Deploy -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Seoul protesters demand revenge for North Korean torpedo attack -- Times Online
Young South Koreans worry about rising tensions with North Korea -- Washington Post
U.S. Intel Official: North Korea Is Bluffing -- Newsweek
Deadly silence at the DMZ -- Donald Kirk, Asia Times
How to Handle North Korea -- Richard Haass, Wall Street Journal
While China Stands By -- New York Times editorial